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  • Tradition! “Fiddler on the Roof” Gets it Wrong

    Tradition! “Fiddler on the Roof” Gets it Wrong0

    It is hard not to have seen the 1971 film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof or a stage performance of the play. It is a staple in high school drama clubs across the United States and the world. Many communities have a local playhouse that has at one time or another put on a

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  • Tradition: Good or Bad? How Francis Bacon Approached Communal Customs

    Tradition: Good or Bad? How Francis Bacon Approached Communal Customs1

    Almost single-handedly, Sir Francis Bacon popularized the scientific method. He’s credited, too, with inspiring “the modern world as we currently know it.” In his remarkable works (such as his famous Essays), Bacon drew heavily on ancient literature and proverbs: He looked to the past as well as toward the future. In our fast-changing times, we

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  • Tradition with Incredible Track Record Predicts the GOP Nominee

    Tradition with Incredible Track Record Predicts the GOP Nominee0

    Whether it’s First Lady cookie bake-offs, 7-Eleven coffee drinkers, or Halloween mask sales, there have been any number of fun and admittedly crazy ways to predict the outcome of presidential elections in recent years. But there’s also a longstanding and largely successful way to predict the nominee for the party not currently in the White

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  • Trade Schools: 10 of the Best in America

    Trade Schools: 10 of the Best in America1

    In the last few years, Intellectual Takeout has witnessed an ever-growing realization among the general public that the push for a 4-year college degree is not always the smartest course. Soaring college costs, the retirement of highly-skilled workers, and a younger generation which has difficulty finding employment despite a degree have all driven the wistful

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  • Toxic Masculinity: The Alpha Straw-Man

    Toxic Masculinity: The Alpha Straw-Man0

    According to the intelligentsia, many, if not most, males today are diseased. The etiology of this illness is prolonged exposure to the toxic substance of traditional masculinity. No one is safe. The substance is everywhere, embedded in our traditions and media, and has been for generations. There is an epidemic of emotionally stunted barbarians contaminating

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  • Toxic Masculinity at Intellectual Takeout

    Toxic Masculinity at Intellectual Takeout0

    Last week was one of those weeks when work and life are “t-boned” over and over and over again. At a certain point, you simply resign yourself to your fate, only asking, “What’s next?” It was late Thursday night and I had just finished with a pet crisis that resulted in the Foley clan down

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